June 2022 Retreat

23 June 2022 Talk 26 min

Delson gives the opening instructions for a ten-day silent retreat, beginning with a loving-kindness (metta) practice built on a smile and the feeling of warmth in the heart.

25 June 2022 Talk 1 h 38 min

Delson reads and comments on DN2, the Samaññaphala Sutta, in which King Ajatasattu asks about the visible fruits of the homeless life and the Buddha answers by starting with morality.

26 June 2022 Talk 1 h 7 min

Delson reads and comments on MN 131, the Bhaddekaratta Sutta (A Single Excellent Night), and explains the Buddha's instruction not to revive the past or build hopes on the future.

28 June 2022 Talk 1 h 31 min

Delson Armstrong reads and explains MN 38, the Mahatanhasankhaya Sutta, on the destruction of craving.

29 June 2022 Talk 1 h 18 min

Delson reads and explains SN 12.32, the Kalara discourse, in which Sariputta explains dependent origination in answer to the Buddha's questions about how his arahatship was attained.

30 June 2022 Talk 1 h 12 min

Delson reads SN 12.25 (the Bhumija discourse), in which Sariputta and the Buddha say that pleasure and pain are dependently arisen on contact, and he uses it to explain karma through…

1 July 2022 Talk 1 h 31 min

Delson reads through MN 43, the Maha Vedalla Sutta, with commentary, from a 2022 retreat.

7 September 2022 Talk 1 h 26 min

Delson walks through MN 117, the Great Forty discourse, explaining the eight factors of the noble path as supports for right collectedness.

3 July 2022 Talk 1 h 4 min

Delson reads through the Karaniya Metta Sutta (snp1.8) verse by verse as guidance for carrying loving-kindness into daily life after a retreat.